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  2. Pride and Prejudice - Wikipedia

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    LibriVox recording by Karen Savage. Pride and Prejudice is the second novel by English author Jane Austen, published in 1813.A novel of manners, it follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the protagonist of the book, who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness.

  3. Lady Catherine de Bourgh - Wikipedia

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    Lady Catherine de Bourgh (/ d ə ˈ b ɜːr / də-BUR; née Fitzwilliam) is a character in the 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. According to Janet Todd, Lady Catherine can be seen as a foil to the novel's protagonist Elizabeth Bennet. [1]

  4. George Wickham - Wikipedia

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    The Pride and Prejudice of 1995 further highlights the two-faced nature of the character, played by Adrian Lukis, a tall dark haired actor who was by turns smiling, insolent, or menacing. He appears as a much darker character than in the previous version, which may explain why the attraction he exerts over Elizabeth is less emphasized than in ...

  5. Bennet family - Wikipedia

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    The Bennet family is a fictional family created by the English novelist Jane Austen in her 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice.The family consists of Mr and Mrs Bennet and their five daughters: Jane, Mary, Catherine, Lydia, and Elizabeth, who is the novel's protagonist.

  6. Styles and themes of Jane Austen - Wikipedia

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    For example, in Pride and Prejudice, the plot revolves around the problems caused by primogeniture, as the Bennet property is entailed away from the Bennet daughters, [142] and Sense and Sensibility questions the arbitrariness of property inheritance when the elderly Mr. Dashwood disinherits one side of his nephew's family because of his ...

  7. Mr. Darcy - Wikipedia

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    Fitzwilliam Darcy Esquire, generally referred to as Mr. Darcy, is one of the two central characters in Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice.He is an archetype of the aloof romantic hero, and a romantic interest of Elizabeth Bennet, the novel's protagonist.

  8. Elizabeth Bennet - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth and Mr Darcy by Hugh Thomson, 1894. Elizabeth Bennet is the protagonist in the 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.She is often referred to as Eliza or Lizzy by her friends and family.

  9. Eligible (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Eligible: A modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice is a 2016 novel written by Curtis Sittenfeld that is a modern-day reinterpretation of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice [1] set in Cincinnati, Ohio. Eligible is the latest book in the Austen Project, a series that pairs contemporary novelists with Jane Austen’s novels. [1]